It’s a flat start to the market on Tuesday morning, with the Nifty opening below 10,950-mark.

The Sensex is down 24.41 points or 0.07% at 36299.36, while the Nifty is up 0.30 points or 0.00% at 10937.20. The market breadth is narrow as 260 shares advanced, against a decline of 175 shares, while 46 shares are unchanged.

IT stocks are trading in the red, while other sectoral indices are trading flat with a negative bias. Energy index is trading higher on the back of fall in crude prices.

Shares of Hindustan Unilever is trading flat post its Q1 results. Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, HPCL and IOC are the top gainers, while Vedanta, Axis Bank, and Dr Reddy’s Labs have lost the most.